List of populated places were acquired from Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA).
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12/29/93 - G. Holt Input 1990 U.S. Census populations for unincorporated communities from list provided by Jules Tileston. Added 8 ANCSA villages per Jules for wetland maps. Nikolski- Eklutna- Levelock- Eyak- Eagle Village- Chalkyitsik- Alatna- King Island
1/21/94 - J. Tam Annotation subclass anno8x11 added for 8x11 maps. Use in conjunction with item M8x11 to display 22 towns as follows in ARCPLOT: res towns point m8x11 = Y points towns noids annotext towns anno8x11
1/28/94 - J. Tam Move North Pole name so it does not conflict with annotation for Fairbanks North Star Borough.
7/29/94 - J. Tam Add annotation subclass anno2mil to be consistent with other coverages. Copied anno from anno25mil to anno2mil.
8/3/94 - J. Tam Updated 31 label attributes which had missing NAMEs. Added 5 towns: Iditarod - Flat - Willow - Ophir - Poorman
8/25/94 - J. Tam Corrected the placement of 3 town names in subclasses anno2mil and anno25mil: Mountain Village; Pitkas Point; Saint Marys.
3/23/95 - J. Tam Corrected the locations of 224 towns and their annotations as necessary. These points were snapped to corresponding points in the USGSNAMES coverage.
3/24/95 - J. Tam Added annotation subclass anno11x17 for maps approximately 11x17. Use same ARCPLOT commands as for the 8x11 maps (see above).
4/6/95 - J. Tam Tweaked the positions of about a dozen annotations in anno2mil to display better in ARC7.
4/12/95 - J. Tam Tweaked the positions of several annotations in anno1mil to display better in ARC7. Deleted the subclass anno25mil.
4/17/95 - J. Tam Moved anno2mil annotation for Prudhoe Bay offshore.
4/27/95 - J. Tam Updated annotation subclass country with new labels for Canada and Russia.
11/26/96 - M. Gorham Deleted point and annotation for Eyak and Afognak. (Annotation was removed from all subclasses.)
06/98 - M. Gorham Moved point for Thorne Bay. Corrected names for Woody Is. and Womens Bay. They were reversed.
01/2000 - M. Gorham Copied anno2mil to anno2mil_dced. Copied anno2mil from older towns coverage to this coverage. It was discovered that some of the annotation had been changed.
08/2000 - M. Gorham Changed the name of the City of Sheldon Point to the City of Nunam Iqua, which means "end of the tundra". Change notification received from George Plumley, DCED.